Thats Not In The Playbook, But It Should Be

-Oh my god Williams. Power Rangers were enorm. The only thing I really have to add to it is that I think everyone loved "playing" power rangers too. Ninja Turtles were getting a little long in the tooth when Rangers came out (I was 7-10 when the mighty morphin show was airing) so it gave us that ninja fix that I think exists somewhere inside every little kid. When you "played" Power Rangers or Ninja Turtles, you probably didnt realize it, but which character you were, and were allowed to be, established your place in the pack. The leader of your group of friends was always Leonardo, the brains of the operation got to be Donatello. The goofball was Michaelangelo. The renegade was Raphael. Same thing with the Rangers. They had the leader (Red), the morale booster (Blue), bad guy turned good (Green), the girl (Pink), reserved/asian (Yellow), and the token black guy (Black).

-Madden came out with their Favre and Vick updated rosters. Vick is listed as a 73 rating and Favre is listed as an 82 overall. I guess Im OK with these. A little prison and legend bias is definitely working though.

-I was talking with Nick the other day about the Eagles. We just absolutely love what they are doing. Getting speed and athletes/weapons all over the place. Desean Jackson is a problem for defenses and they drafted explosive Jeremy Maclin to go with him. Westbrook is getting old so you draft the heir apparent in Shady McCoy, a 2nd round pick and a personal fav of mine. You pay McNabb and surround him with flash and swagger? Sounds like a plan. Throw Vick into the mix now and you can run wildcat or do anything ya want. Plus the defense is beastly. Its the video game corollary. Build a team like I would in a video game and sit back and enjoy cause you will win a lot and look good doing it. Chemistry might be a C- but the fans are going to come in droves and you'll sell jerseys.



-Plax getting 2 years seems a little stiff to me. That guy doesn't even have any priors. Def making an example out of him.

-Usain Bolt set the world record in the 200m today. Hes just too good, love him. I liked the way I heard some journalist describe him when he ran the 9.58 the other day. He said its like Bolt is from 30 or 40 years in the future. Like you know how every generation evolves a little and gets bigger faster stronger? Thats Bolt. Hes this 6'4 freak of nature from 2059.

-And since this is the Summer Of Mike, lets send you off with a little Jackson 5.